Seminar of the Industrial Leaders of European Technology Platforms:
"Supporting Technology Platforms and the development of Lead Markets"
Brussels, Berlaymont Building Robert Schuman Meeting Room
6 December 2006
Agenda
09h00 - Registration
10h00 - Welcome Address
- Isi Saragossi, Director, European Commission DG RTD
Session 1: Implementing Strategic Research Agendas at EU, National and Regional level
10h10 - Taking account of the ETP Strategic Research Agendas in FP7
Panayotis Moschopoulos, European Commission DG RTD
10h25 - Regional and national initiatives in support of European Technology Platforms
Fiona Williams, Research Director at Ericsson Eurolab Germany; Chairwoman of the eMobility ETP
Discussion
Session 2: Lead markets: - concept and prospects
11h00 - Lead Market: Concept and state of play
James Gavigan, European Commission DG RTD
11h15 - Lead Market questionnaire: Overview of the replies of the ETPs
Patricia Postigo McLaughlin, European Commission DG RTD
11h30 - Lead Market questionnaire: Overview of Europe INNOVA Innovation Panel contributions
Reinhard Buescher, European Commission DG ENTR
11h45 - Lead market questionnaire: Short presentation of the contributions of ETPs
- European textile Lead Markets
William Lakin, Director General of Euratex, member of the Governing Council of the Textiles & Clothing ETP - Homes of the future: two approaches by the Construction and Sustainable Chemistry ETPs
- Energy efficient buildings
Jesús Rodríguez, Director of Strategic Research in Dragados; Chairman of the Support Group of the Construction ETP - Smart energy efficient homes
Rüdiger Iden, Senior Vice President Polymer Physics, BASF; Chair of the Materials Technology section of the Sustainable Chemistry ETP
- Energy efficient buildings
12h10 - Discussion
13h20 - Lunch
Session 3: EU excellence in research and innovation: Policies and action
Introduction and chair:
15h00 - Janez Potocnik, Commissioner for Research
Keynote speeches:
15h05 - An innovation-friendly, modern Europe
José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission
15h15 - Strategic EIB initiatives and instruments to support research and innovation investments
Philippe Maystadt, President of the European Investment Bank
15h25 - Bio-based products
Alfred Oberholz, Deputy Chairman of the Management Board of Degussa AG; chair of the Sustainable Chemistry ETP
15h35 - Short statements of some ETP leaders on how a coordinated prospective approach combining supply and demand side policies could stimulate the development and deployment of technologies and help create new lead markets for Europe.
- Paul Smit, Vice President of Philips Medical Systems; Chairman of the Nanomedicine ETP
- Michel Cote, Deputy Chairman of Bouygues Construction; Chairman of the High Level Group of the Construction ETP
- Herbert Kohler, Vice-president of Daimler Chrysler Germany; Chairman of the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell ETP
- Theo Claasen, Executive Vice-president of NXP Semiconductors; deputy vice-chair of the Steering Committee of the Nanoelectronics ETP
Open discussion
16h30 - Concluding remarks
